(a)The legislature finds that, through education programs
provided by the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the Northern Arapaho
Tribe, or the cooperative tribal governing body to school age
Indian children residing on the Wind River Indian Reservation,
the state can address conditions of unemployment, poverty and
lack of adequate job skills which exist on the reservation.
Maintenance of these education programs unique to Indian
students is of mutual benefit to the tribes and the state,
reducing future financial needs of those students as tribal
members and as Wyoming residents for public education, job
services, substance abuse services and income supplements.
(b)Subject to amounts appropriated by the legislature,
the state superintendent of public instruction shall enter into
negotiations with t
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(a) The legislature finds that, through education programs
provided by the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the Northern Arapaho
Tribe, or the cooperative tribal governing body to school age
Indian children residing on the Wind River Indian Reservation,
the state can address conditions of unemployment, poverty and
lack of adequate job skills which exist on the reservation.
Maintenance of these education programs unique to Indian
students is of mutual benefit to the tribes and the state,
reducing future financial needs of those students as tribal
members and as Wyoming residents for public education, job
services, substance abuse services and income supplements.
(b) Subject to amounts appropriated by the legislature,
the state superintendent of public instruction shall enter into
negotiations with the individual business councils of the
Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes or the cooperative
tribal governing body to determine the appropriate contractual
arrangements for the provision of education programs and
services addressing Indian students at risk of failure in school
and other programs and services essential to the success and
welfare of these students as specified under subsection (a) of
this section. Contractual arrangements entered into under this
subsection shall include a requirement that the expenditure of
contractual amounts, as verified annually in writing, is for
programs tied to improvement of student performance on the
statewide assessment. For purposes of this section, the state
superintendent shall include an amount within his biennial
budget request which is computed in accordance with subsection
(c) of this section to provide a per student amount that when
nonstate funding sources are considered, is comparable to per
student amounts provided for public schools under the Wyoming
education resource block grant model.
(c) To arrive at a biennial funding amount for purposes of
subsection (b) of this section, an estimate shall be computed as
follows:
(i) Determine a combined average per student funding
level under the Wyoming education resource block grant model for
Fremont County school districts number fourteen (14), number
twenty-one (21) and number thirty-eight (38);
(ii) Multiply the per student amount determined under
paragraph (i) of this subsection by the number of students
enrolled in education programs and services provided by the
cooperative tribal governing body or each individual tribe
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section;
(iii) Subtract from the amount computed under
paragraph (ii) of this subsection all Federal Bureau of Indian
Affairs funds for K-12 programs received by the cooperative
tribal governing body or each individual tribe for education
programs and services provided under subsection (a) of this
section.
(d) The cooperative tribal governing body or each
individual business council shall annually report to the
governor and the state superintendent of public instruction on
the expenditure of contractual amounts as required under
subsection (b) of this section.